Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land in Augusta County:

March 6, 1753 - John McAdoo, 250 acres joining Monahan's land (on Roanoke).(Note: this land fell into the part of Augusta that became Botetourt in 1768). [Source: "Kegley's Virginia Frontier", by Frederick Bittle Kegley, pg. 101].

Processioning List of 1765

"Processioning" was the periodic review and agreement of property lines between settler's lands. Processioning Lists are useful in determining the general area of a settlers lands and their neighbors at specific time periods: